And Now His Watch Is Ended Differences

This page contains a log of TV/book differences and discrepancies in Season 3's episode "And Now His Watch is Ended" to A Storm of Swords (Third Novel). Naturally, the content on this page contains spoilers.

Rast, the member of the Night's Watch who stabs Jeor Mormont from behind in the show, was left behind at Castle Black in the books. The TV series has him ranging Beyond the Wall, and adds multiple scenes with him. Jeor Mormont is stabbed by a different mutinous Night's Watch member in the books, one-handed Ollo Lophand.

As with previous episodes, actions and lines spoken by the sellsword Vargo Hoat in the novels are given to other characters. The character of Vargo was left out of the show and replaced by Noah Taylor's Locke.

The book says The Kingsguard never wed and forsake all inheritance, as per their vows. The show has the Tyrells offer Sansa Stark marriage to Loras Tyrell who is a member of the Kingsguard in the books, but in the show he is still the apparent heir to Highgarden and not yet a member of the Kingsguard.

After Jaime Lannister fell off his horse in the books the Bloody Mummers bound him tight to Brienne on the same horse. His escape attempt grabbing a sword with his left hand was on a seperate occasion in the books. The TV series combined his escape attempt, falling from his horse, and multiple actions into a single scene.

Varys revealed to Tyrion Lannister the origins of how he became a eunuch and his distrust of magic much earlier, before the Battle of Blackwater in the books. The show reveals it after Blackwater and adds Varys' capture of the sorcerer who cut him as a boy. It is also revealed in the books during this scene that Varys was the one who sent Gendry away with Yoren of the Night's Watch for his own safety.

Several changes were made in the show at the Plaza of Pride in Astapor. In the books Drogon would not budge from his litter with the other Dragons for the Masters of Astapor, while they all crowd around him. Also, only an older Master hears Daenerys Targaryen speak Valyrian and Daenerys uses the whip on Kraznys before burning him in the books.

After freeing the slaves of Astapor in the books, Daenerys is joined by more Freedmen and sets in place a council to rule Astapor before she leaves. These events have not been shown or mentioned in the TV series yet.

After Craster has his throat slit from behind in the books, Jeor Mormont is yanked back by members of the Night's Watch. He is warned to hold his tongue, and as he goes for his dagger the Lord Commander is stabbed in the belly. Jeor Mormont is stabbed from behind by Rast in the show after drawing his sword.

In the books, as Jeor Mormont lays dying, he asks Samwell Tarly to send a message to his son, Jorah Mormont, forgiving him of his crimes and asking him to join the Night's Watch. The show has him stabbed multiple times by Rast as he collapses.

Members of the Night's Watch were planning to mutiny and kill Jeor Mormont at the Fist of the First Men in the novels, but were interrupted by the wights and White Walkers. The show removes this sequence of events completely for streamlining.

The scenes between Varys and Ros discussing Podrick Payne and Sansa Stark were added to the show. In the books Ros was not a character, Podrick did not have a humorous side story, and Varys is not described as being aware of Littlefinger's plans with Sansa.

The show has Varys meet with Olenna Tyrell in the gardens to tell her of Littlefinger's plans with Sansa Stark. The book has no such meeting, and no subsequent meeting of Sansa and Margaery Tyrell by the seaside.

Theon Greyjoy is taken back to the Dreadfort dungeon by Bolton soldiers in the book. The show adds the scenes with his "sister's man" tricking Theon back to the Dreadfort and telling the guards Theon escaped on his own, killing the guards.

The trinket Samwell Tarly gave to Gilly was not present in the books, so Gilly never gave it back to him. This event was added into the show to strengthen the bond between them.

Bran Stark gets an added dream sequence in the show, climbing a tree to get the three-eyed crow. In addition, the books did not give Jojen Reed the ability to share Bran's dreams, he had to tell Jojen of his dreams.